A visit from Phoo-Phoo and Grandpa

We had the pleasure of having the Johnstone parents visit us in Vienna for a couple of weeks...

It was such a blessing to have them here with us...during a busy week of ministry at the school and then they treated us to a trip to Florence, Italy during our week-long energy break.

Enjoy some pictures from our time with phoo-phoo and Grandpa.

Justin loved Italy...Pizza for at least one meal every day!

Kailyn showing off her new princess shirt

phoo-phoo and Justin checking out the local wares

our tour guide Giuseppe explaining some local info. Our friends, Caleb and Britney Dossett joined us for a few days....

Kailyn made friends with this guy...right in front of the line for the Accademia. If we would have charged all the people in line taking pictures of this moment we could have probably funded our flight back to the states :)

Been teaching about Brunelleschi's dome since my very first year. So cool to see it in person

and another shot from the other side.

Grandpa and Justin finding a dry spot during a rain storm

on our last night, we ordered some fruit for Kailyn and expected to get a standard bowl of canned fruit. The waiter brought a quarter of a pineapple. Kailyn was pretty excited about this.

The pizza making station was open to the rest of the restaurant...so of course Kailyn wanted to watch the pizzas being made. Within minutes she was behind the counter.

sweet moment with phoo-phoo and grandpa on our way to church.

Kailyn has recently decided she wants to help cook every meal.

Here she is helping phoo-phoo make jello.

We were sad to see them go, but it was so nice to have them here for a little while at least.

Comments

Who are these kids at ICSV...

Hi everyone... The first week and a half of school has been absolutely amazing! We have had some great opportunities to begin building lasting relationships with the students that God has brought to Vienna to be educated at the International Christian School of Vienna. Rebecca has been adjusting well to her role as secondary secretary. She is learning quickly the many demands of her new role and is doing quite well in supporting us teachers and the rest of the staff. Rebecca hard at work I have been really enjoying my classes. I have a total of 43 students spread out over 4 periods. The students I have represent 14 different home nations, with many of the students who are "Austrian" are first generation, so they are of other nationalities as well. I have also had the opportunity to begin working with the soccer team...again, many nationalities are represented on the field, truly an international squad. Here are some pictures of the team training at the local club

Almost a Year - A reflective poem by Rebecca

It’s been almost a year since we got on the plane. Knowing that we were leaving friends and family; we would never be the same. What has it been like leaving everything we know? Laughter and tears; sun and snow. Up and down; love and fear. All while trusting God for the reason we are here. Relying on support and prayers from the ones you care for, Though scary, freeing, challenging; it means relying on God even more. I’m so thankful to be part of a team who sees that Christ is our need Whether they can see the impact first hand or not, they have blessed students at ICSV. The students and families are so precious, eager to learn and understand What it means to love the Lord with all their hearts and to follow His command. At times I feel so left alone and wondering why God has called me here But then I talk to a student, or go to a school event, that’s when it all becomes clear. God never said life would be easy or even how we think it might be We just need to rely on Him, as He

Clowns and Hospitals

Many of you might remember the 1998 film starring Robin Williams that chronicled the early career of Hunter "Patch" Adams. He began using humor as therapy in his sessions and opened a free hospital in West Virginia. Here is a clip from the film... Fast forward 13 years to a hospital in Vienna, Austria...to a children's surgery ward. As we were sitting talking with some visitors we noticed Justin had more visitors... They proceeded to hand out musical instruments; here's the problem...this was less than 12 hours after Justin's surgery. It really hurt him to laugh at this point...and he still felt horrible After that nonsense, the clowns made 2 more appearances; once when they delivered lunch, and once later in the day when we had our friend Tom Mason visiting. Tom is a fellow missionary serving as a pastor at a local church and a teacher at ICSV. He is also a amateur magician. Pictures of him doing tricks have found their way onto this blog

Johnstein!

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